The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

The mayor’s latest veto threat comes two days before a long-stalled Chicago City Council showdown on the volatile issue of how far over the speed limit motorists can drive before getting a speed-camera ticket.

As a Swedish immigrant child in Chicago, Claes Oldenburg dreamed up an imaginary world in intricately detailed drawings. As a founding father of Pop art, he focused on real objects of the most ordinary kind — vacuum cleaners, lipstick tubes, sun hats, typewriter erasers — and re-envisioned them as massive…

CHICAGO — The Illinois State Police has issued an emergency rule that will allow the agency to retain and expand the use of reports on people found to pose a “clear and present danger” to themselves of others even if they don’t have a current firearm owner’s identification card or…

CHICAGO — While 8-year-old Cooper Roberts continues to be in critical condition in a Chicago hospital, he is making “some hopeful progress,” the family said in a statement.

The Swedish-born Oldenburg drew on the sculptor’s eternal interest in form, by reimagining ordinary items in fantastic contexts.

Artist had been in poor health since falling and breaking his hip a month ago

Following a series of delays due to COVID shutdowns, the musical is ready to make its debut at the Nederlander Theatre.

The unanimous committee vote follows an incident that drew hundreds of spectators to the Near West Side early Sunday, keeping area residents up for hours. The full city council could OK the measure as soon as Wednesday.

The nation’s third-largest public school system with 290,000 students in 513 district-operated, non-charter schools, CPS has only about 90 schools with full-time librarians.

The Chicago City Council this week will consider an ordinance meant to crack down on drag racing and drifting.